Give Them Rope

1997 studio album by Coalesce

Give Them Rope

Studio album by

Coalesce

Released

June 1, 1997 (reissued in 2004)

Recorded

1996^[1]

Studio

Red House Studios
(Lawrence, Kansas)

Genre

Metalcore, mathcore

Length

38:56

Label

Edision

Producer

Ed Rose

Coalesce chronology

Among the Dead We Pray for Light
(1997)

Give Them Rope
(1997)

Functioning on Impatience
(1998)

Alternative cover

2004 re-issue artwork

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Lambgoat	^[3]
Punknews.org	^[4]

Give Them Rope is the debut full-length album by American metalcore band Coalesce, originally released on June 1, 1997, through Edision Recordings. It was re-released in 2004 in a remastered and remixed format under the name Give Them Rope, She Said with new artwork. A two-disc deluxe compact disc edition was released by Relapse Records in 2011, this time using the original artwork and title. This album has never charted.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Have Patience"	3:11
2.	"One on the Ground"	3:42
3.	"Cut to Length"	3:07
4.	"For All You Are"	3:30
5.	"Still It Sells"	4:12
6.	"Chain Smoking"	3:41
7.	"Did It Pay the Rent?"	4:54
8.	"Every Reason To"	3:36
9.	"I Am Not the First"	0:58
10.	"This Is the Last"	4:04
11.	"I Took a Year"	4:01

Personnel

Coalesce

James Dewees - drums
Stacey Hilt - bass guitar
Sean Ingram - vocals, art direction (2004 edition)
Jes Stienger - guitar, liner notes (2011 edition)

Production

Dan Askew - design, layout
Ed Rose - engineering, production, remixing on reissues
Keith Chirgin - mastering
Morgan Walker - mastering
Dave Matousek - remastering (2004 edition)
Reid Otto - remastering (2011 edition)

Artwork

Justin Berucki - photography
Kevin Lysaght - photography
Paul D'Elia - photography
Matthew Daley - cover artwork (2004 edition)
Joe Chavez - layout (2004 edition)
Jacob Spies - art direction, design, layout (2011 edition)
Andre Hutchison - photography (2011 edition)
Bob Peele - photography (2011 edition)
Celeste Peterson - photography (2011 edition)
Mike Thomas - photography (2011 edition)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Notes
United States	June 1, 1997	Edision Recordings	LP, CD, CS	edison 006
	June 1, 2004	Edision Recordings	CD	edison 006	Remastered edition, features new artwork and is titled Give Them Rope, She Said V2.0. LP edition released by No Idea would later be repressed in 2008.
		Blue Collar Distro	CD	BCD01
		No Idea Records	LP	NIR-153
	November 22, 2011	Relapse Records	2xCD	RR7160	Two-disc set, first disc is the original mix of the album, the second disc is the 2004 remaster edition.
	November 22, 2011	No Sleep Records	2xLP	NSR059

References

^ Gotrich (2011-10-09), Lars. "Coalesce: A Tale of Two Ropes". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved 2018-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ York, William. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
^ "Lambgoat review". Lambgoat.com. July 29, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
^ "Punknews review". Punknews.org. June 25, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
^ "Give Them Rope - Coalesce". Billboard.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011.